Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 30, 2026.
Wirt County, West Virginia, has about 4,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person held after an arrest in Wirt County is at the regional jail that serves Wirt County, and the state's inmate search covers every regional jail. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Wirt County public records, Wirt County arrest records, Wirt County warrants, Wirt County police reports, Wirt County property records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Wirt County
West Virginia closed its county jails in favor of regional jails run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, so a person held after an arrest in Wirt County is at the regional jail that serves Wirt County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
That search is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
Wirt County in the Regional Jail: The Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the regional jail held about 10 people from Wirt County, down from about 11 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Wirt County has about 4,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so about 20 of every 10,000 of them are in the regional jail on an average day.
Who Books People
The Wirt County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Wirt County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Wirt County: the Department of Natural Resources in Wirt County and the State Fire Marshal in Wirt County (state agency).
The Wirt County Sheriff's Office reported 23 arrests to the FBI for 2025. Those kept in custody were booked into the regional jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Wirt County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Wirt County serves the sentence in a facility of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Wirt County?
Through the state's inmate search at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx, which covers every regional jail; the page of the Wirt County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified is at wirtcounty.wv.gov.
How many people from Wirt County are in the regional jail?
About 10 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Wirt County go?
To a facility of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; its inmate locator is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
Is this the official Wirt County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.